How to Train a Pregnant Client Who’s New to Exercise

How to Train a Pregnant Client Who’s New to Exercise

What do you do if your new client is not only pregnant, but has never really been an ?exerciser"?
This can be a challenging situation for a fitness professional, especially if you are new to training pregnant women. You will likely find conflicting information on what your client should and should not be doing, and it can be hard to know where to start, so let?s start with with basics.
First of all, we think it is brilliant that your new client has come to you for advice during this special time. Pregnancy can be an incredible opportunity for many women to start on a journey towards healthy living (that may extend well beyond the pregnant period).
The fact that your client has reached out to you for coaching is important, as we know that statistically very few women (around 15 percent) actually meet the recommended guidelines for exercise in pregnancy. There can be many barriers to exercise in pregnancy including factors like fatigue, family and work demands, musculoskeletal pain or lack of motivation.1 If she has made the effort to reach out to you, you will want to do your best to support her through this special time.
In years past, women were given advice from health professionals such as ?don?t start any new form of exercise during pregnancy?, which eventually got watered down to ?don?t start anything new in the first trimester.? Women were often scared to exercise and health professionals were very conservative in their recommendations.
Here?s the thing: for wome...

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